Phase Behavior in Polymers: Morphology and Self-Assembly: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2026) | Viewed by 814
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymer crystallization and morphology; self-assembly; photonic crystals; biodegradable polymers; nanocomposites
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymers are made of repeating units—monomers of a variety of structures. Thus, architects of polymer structures influence their phase behavior in many ways. Polymers of different structures (variations in monomer types, Mw, copolymerization, branching, crosslinking, etc.) can display varied phase behavior. Furthermore, they can be blended/mixed with other polymers or low-Mw compounds, or solvents, to display even wider and more complex variations in this way. The phase behavior of polymers, in turn, can influence the physical and mechanical properties of their ultimate applications. In wider scopes, polymers with semicrystalline structures contain at least two phases: crystalline and amorphous domains. Their crystal-assembled morphologies also determine their applications. Although the fundamentals of polymer phase behavior in polymers, blends, and block copolymers have been widely studied, well understood, and soundly established over the past few decades, recent significant advances in polymer self-assembly, supramolecular architects, photonics, biomimetics and biomedical fields, etc., demand a Special Issue.
This Special Issue, titled “Phase Behavior in Polymers: Morphology and Self-Assembly: 2nd Edition”, will be a collection of high-quality original/review papers focusing on recent progress in the following topics: (a) polymer crystal-amorphous phases in bulks or thin films; (b) binary–ternary homopolymer mixtures/blends and diblock/triblock copolymers exhibiting macrophase/microphase separation and phase-domain morphology; (c) polymer phase separation/crystallization for photonics; (d) novel interpretations for phase separation or crystallization in polymers, copolymers, or blends; and (e) special phase behavior or surface-relief periodic patterns in polymers, blends, or polymer–polymer complexes with potential applications in biomimetics or functional, biomedical, or photonic applications.
Although papers on other potentially interesting topics are also welcome for submission and not limited to the above lists, intended submissions should generally relate to phase behavior in polymers.
Prof. Dr. Eamor M. Woo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phase behavior of blends or copolymers
- crystallization induced separation
- morphology
- self-assembly and surface relief patterns
- supramolecular architect
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